Yes I had Survival mode on. There's no mode as such, it's just Survival difficulty. Anyway, I made a new character to try and figure the system out from the beginning.
So. My last autosave until I used a bed was when I got put in the cryopod. Considering the first save spot is all the way in Sanctuary in the FUTURE, maybe an autosave on exiting the vault would have been a good idea, but hey, you know how to do games Bethesda.
I notice quickly as I grab all the empty bottles in Vault 111 that you can fill them. That's nice, wasn't expecting even that much. Clean water sources like vaults give you Purified Water, rivers and ponds give you Dirty Water. That said, you know how when you drink a bottle of water in real life, you have an empty bottle left over? Well, in Fallout 4 due to Bethesda Physics, the bottle vanishes after consumption. I see.
You also have to drink a bottle of water every 2-3 hours if you want to avoid negative effects. That's about a quart of water. In reality, that would last you 2 days. Ok.
Grilled radroach is some kind of tiny meal and will last you about an hour, 2-3 if you consume two. Again, in reality considering the size of the meal as a world object, that should last you a week, although you won't be in any fighting condition with that kind of rationing. OK.
Anyway, I kill all them radroaches and bloatflies and hit the nuke shelter in Sanctuary because it has a bed and I'm apparently tired. Fair enough. I sleep an hour - you are still tired. Makes sense. I sleep 5 hours - you are still tired. O...k... I sleep 20 hours - you are still tired. The fuck? Seems Bethesda thinks you can't get a good rest in a shitty bed after googling it. I might wake up sore in a shitty bed, true, but motherfucker I'm not going to be so tired I'm going to go all - oh shit I'm so tired after sleeping 24 hours uugh. Apparently a sleeping bag is not a good night's rest. Has anyone at Bethesda ever used a sleeping bag? Moving on.
Also I got myself encumbered. By an extra pound of weight. Guess what? After a minute I had lost a fourth of my hp's. To encumberance. How does this even begin to make sense?
Earlier than the new game, I browsed reddit a bit about opinions on the new Survival system. Very few very negative - reflecting my experience. Most people were extatic. Wow, Bethesda finally gave us a REAL challenge! You have got to be fucking kidding me. I guess you think hammering a nail through a plank of wood is a real challenge too huh? Only when Bethesda gets involved, the hammer is replaced by a loafter and the nail by a toothpick.
LAUGHABLE.
